Evolution: radiotracking sexual selection.
Why are members of one sex bigger than those of the other? A new study in which male giant weta were radiotracked found that smaller, longer legged males win the race to inseminate females.
Sword
Gregory A
GA
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. greg.sword@@bio.usyd.edu.au
Simpson
Stephen J
SJ
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal